Anchor wears same suit every day to prove a point

An Australian TV host has completed an experiment: Karl Stefanovic wore the same suit every single day for a year to see if anyone would notice. The purpose? To point out sexism.

"It started with me wearing the same suit for about a month before I even told you ... After a month I said, '[I've] worn this suit for a month, let's see how we go.' And you went, 'Yeah cool, that would be fun.' So, that's what's happened ... Some people have called it sexism and reverse sexism and whatnot," Stefanovic explained to his co-host.

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Yes, GIRT Nation even put a mashup together -- Karl wore the same suit every day for a year, except for a few times when he got it cleaned. He did change the shirt and tie.

Viewers didn't notice. They didn't complain. Stefanovic wanted to point out that while his female co-anchor is constantly judged for what she wears, he is not.

"The Sydney Morning Herald" spoke with him: "I'm judged on my interviews, my appalling sense of humour -- on how I do my job, basically. Whereas women are quite often judged on what they're wearing or how their hair is ... that's [what I wanted to test]."

Both Stefanovic and his co-anchor, Lisa Wilkinson, pointed out that most of the criticism she gets is actually from other women. She said she does get a lot of encouragement from women, but if she gets critiqued, it's most likely from females.

Stefanovic and Wilkinson are well-known media personalities in Australia for their work on that morning show, "Today."